On 2020-10-29 08:00, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > do you think it would be possible for the installer to show > an eye-catching warning, if "ifconfig" reports "no carrier" > for the network port to configure? > > Just a suggestion, of course > Harri
Why? What problem are you trying to solve, and how many are you planning on making for me in the process? I often end up setting up OpenBSD systems with no network attached. Nothing to warn me about. I very often install OpenBSD configuring several NICs when only one has a network currently. Again, PLEASE don't give me three, five or ten bogus warning messages. Usually if I'm doing an install, I look to see if the link light on the NIC and the switch port is lit. If I'm using DHCP, I'll quickly know if there's a network problem. Come to think of it, if I'm NOT using DHCP, I'll quickly know, too. If I'm installing to an unknown system, I almost always first drop to (s)hell from the installer, look at my dmesg, look at the network port options and see if I'm plugged into the NIC port I think I am (ifconfig), look at my disks to see if they are recognized as I expect and see if I'm about to clobber something I might consider important. So...I think what you are trying to accomplish can be done as things are without adding to the wonderfully simple OpenBSD installer. Nick.
